Course description

Gathering, understanding, interpreting and making decisions based on collected data is an invaluable tool for business. However, concerns about privacy, consent, confidentiality, discrimination, ownership, commercialisation, intellectual property and the importance of fair benefit sharing need to be considered. Consideration is also required by those who access and make decisions about collected linked personal information. In this course students will critically analyse the ethical and legal foundations of data analytics governance that are relevant to data collection, storage, integration, exchange and access. Issues covered will include the ethical dimensions of data management, legal and regulatory frameworks in Australia and in relevant jurisdictions, data policy, data privacy, data ownership, legal liabilities regarding analytical decisions, and discrimination. The course will equip students to apply ethical and legal considerations to the core processes of business analytics.

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